25/55, agreed to in 2005?

[Major Edit]

Most of what I wrote below was inaccurate. I have posted a correction here.

In one of the stranger twists I’ve seen, NYC Ed points out that the DoE had already agreed to support 25/55 (not 25/57!) way back two years ago. Look at the third indented paragraph and what follows under the “WHAT DID WE GAIN” heading, here.

So if they already agreed, why didn’t we cry foul when they introduced linkage to merit pay? Or did we, the UFT, introduce the link between pension reform and merit pay?

Those are two questions I’d like to see answered.